The 1978–79 Yorkshire Cup was the seventy-first occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held.
Bradford Northern won the trophy by beating York by the score of 18–8
The match was played at Headingley, Leeds, now in West Yorkshire. The attendance was 10,429 and receipts were £9,188
Background This season there were no junior/amateur clubs taking part, no new entrants and no "leavers" and so the total of entries remained the same at sixteen.
This in turn resulted in no byes in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1 Involved 8 matches (with no byes) and 16 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 20 Aug 1978Batley8–24HalifaxMount Pleasant2Sun 20 Aug 1978Bradford Northern24–23LeedsOdsal3Sun 20 Aug 1978Bramley4–13Hull F.C.McLaren Field4Sun 20 Aug 1978Castleford18–11DewsburyWheldon Road 5Sun 20 Aug 1978Doncaster5–20KeighleyBentley Road Stadium/Tattersfield6Sun 20 Aug 1978Featherstone Rovers23–8HuddersfieldPost Office Road7Sun 20 Aug 1978Wakefield Trinity11–16Hull Kingston RoversBelle Vue8Sun 20 Aug 1978York25–19New HunsletClarence Street
Round 2 - Quarter-finals Involved 4 matches and 8 clubs
Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Sun 27 Aug 1978Bradford Northern28–17Hull Kingston RoversOdsal2Sun 27 Aug 1978Featherstone Rovers8–20Hull F.C.Post Office Road3Sun 27 Aug 1978Halifax20–8CastlefordThrum Hall4Sun 27 Aug 1978York13–6KeighleyClarence Street
Round 3 – Semi-finals Involved 2 matches and 4 clubs Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRef1Wed 13 Sep 1978Bradford Northern12–7Hull F.C.Odsal2Tue 19 Sep 1978Halifax2–4YorkThrum Hall
Final Game NoFixture dateHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttRecNotesRefSaturday 28 October 1978Bradford Northern18–8YorkHeadingley10,429£9,188
Teams and scorers
Bradford Northern№York teams Keith Mumby1Gary SmithDavid Barends2Terry MorganLes Gant3Terry DayDerrick Parker4Derek FosterDavid Redfearn5Gary NicholsonIan Slater6Barry BanksAlan Redfearn7Paul HarkinJimmy Thompson8David DunkerleyTony Fisher9Ron WilemanColin Forsyth10Billy HarrisNeil Fox11Alan RhodesDennis Trotter12Barry HollisBob Haigh13Stephen/Steven "Steve" CooperJohnny Wolford (for Ian Slater)14John Crossley, Jr. (for Terry Day)Graham Joyce (for Colin Forsyth)15Terry Ramshaw (for Barry Hollis)Peter FoxCoach?? 18score87HT5 Scorers Tries Les Gant (1)TGary Smith (1)Derrick Parker (1)TAlan Redfearn (1)TBob Haigh (1)T Goals Neil Fox (3)GBarry Banks (2) Drop Goals DGBarry Hollis (1)RefereeMichael "Mick" J. Naughton (Widnes)White Rose Trophy for Man of the matchBob Haigh - Bradford Northern - sponsored byCompetition SponsorEsso Scoring - Try = three points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point
The road to success
See also 1978–79 Northern Rugby Football League season Rugby league county cups
Notes
References
External links Saints Heritage Society 1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season at wigan.rlfans.com Hull&Proud Fixtures & Results 1896/1897 Widnes Vikings - One team, one passion Season In Review - 1896-97 The Northern Union at warringtonwolves.org